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Rear Window (1954)
The silent observer is as guilty as the criminal themselves.
Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic Rear Window is the ultimate reflection of human conscience. As the protagonist continues to violate the privacies of other people, we also continue to take part in this voyeurism. And as the protagonist develops the sense of justification by saying "What else to do?" we also do the same by watching the film of it's entirety. We may escape our guilt and uphold our moral conscience saying that we are not in the wrong as we're not the one committing this immoral activity but the silent observer is as guilty as the criminal themselves.
I've never felt so manipulated by a movie since Michael Hanake's Funny Games.
Isekai Meikyuu de Harem o (2022)
the true manifestation of why the anime culture is so hated upon.
I've this weird ocd of continuity. I can't help but continue watching something until the very end, even if it's a dumpster fire. I've never dropped anything, ever, except this anime.
Isekai Meikyuu De Harem O started off as any other isekai animes (which i have no problem with) overpowered mc, no clue how he ended up here, slowly gets a grip, murders a lot of people and then realizes this is real. So far so good. Then he goes to the town to collect the bounty and he meets a slave trader and your average ecchi female character. Bewildered by her appearances he sets his goal to BUY HER at any cost TO DO THE NASTY. Even after seeing this, I kept a positive mindset saying "maybe It's like a savior story, he buys her for sex but falls in love and they do it in a moral fashion later on". But no, as soon as he bought her, he forces himself on her. And after 5 episodes of this r*pe fantasy bulls*it, I've decided to drop this. It most certainly is one of the worst animes I've ever seen and the true manifestation of why the anime culture is so hated upon.
Archive 81 (2022)
Netflix did what it does best - "Show a promising piece and then rob it from us to produce more sold out teen romances."
The problem with horror medias especially when there are Lovecraftian themes involved is that they oversell the entity when the drama and story gets under-highlighted. But Archive 81 did the balance between Drama - Horror - Mystery justice.
Archive 81 is full of subliminal messages, mysteries, references and now that Netflix has cancelled further seasons most of the plot is now upto the audience's mind to cultivate. Everything about this screamed gem but Netflix did what it does best - "Show a promising piece and then rob it from us to produce more sold out teen romances."
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979) doesn't just talk but screams about bureaucracy like no other films.
"My wife used to say to me, "Why can't a woman have the same ambitions as a man?". I think you're right. And maybe I've learnt that much. By the same token, I'd like to know what law says a woman is a better parent simply by virtue of her sex."
After watching Marriage Story (2019), I decided to watch more films of the same vibe. And I've stumbled upon Kramer Vs Kramer (1979). Unlike Marriage Story (2019), where we see both the sides, in the 1979 legal drama, we see the process from the eyes of the father. It got 5 academy awards and oh boy it deserved them all. Everyone was phenomenal especially the child actor Justin Henry. I wouldn't say I like it as much as i liked Marriage Story (2019) but it has my utmost admiration because Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979) doesn't just talk but screams about bureaucracy like no other films.
Marriage Story (2019)
absolutely phenomenal and brilliantly flawless.
Relationships are scary, commitments are scarier and marriage is the scariest thing out there. But still the desire and the need to feel secure, wanted and loved takes over us. But do we get everything we want? Everything we need? Or do we just get lost so much in process of security that we forget even who we are?
Marriage Story (2019) is one of the greatest gifts of modern cinema. Everything about this movies is humane, real and natural. This movie will make you go through a series of emotions in just 135 minutes. Though I think Adam Driver should've gotten an academy award just for "The Argument Scene" only, Scarlett Johansson's performance can't be taken lightly, the proof being the "Monologue at Nora's Office" scene, for which Laura Dern got her, very well deserved, Oscar. But what really makes this movie what it is, the absolutely insanely brilliant directing and editing. I loved editor Jennifer Lame's work on the 2018 supernatural/psychological horror masterpiece Hereditary and even though I haven't seen any of director Noah Baumbach's films, Marriage Story (2019) is proof enough for me how much of a great director he is, and I'm intrigued to explore his whole filmography. All and all, I've nothing else to say about Marriage Story (2019) except it's absolutely phenomenal and brilliantly flawless.
K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018)
Annoying, comedic, pretentious and toxic at its highest peak.
K. G. F: Chapter 1 (2018) unironically and unsatirically overglorifies violence and peak capitalist mindsets, which explains a lot of why it became such a mega box office hit in India because these are the exact things you feed third world country audiences. The protagonist promotes the generic Indian OP main character grindset, which is "To survive and bring order to the society, I'll be part of the society itself. But I'm a good guy because I can 1v500 and no bullets can hit me. I kill a lot of people but who cares? Here, have a song where we shamelessly objectify women." I thought I would never get enough of Indian movies hilariously trying their very best to be badass but K. G. F: Chapter 1 (2018) really tested my limit, making me want to drop it from the first 15 minutes of the movie. Even when you view it without expecting much logic and storytelling still it's annoying, comedic, pretentious and toxic at its highest peak.
Kumonosu-jô (1957)
Nothing short of a masterpiece.
This is my second Akira Kurosawa film, the first one being Seven Samurai (1954). After seeing the timeless classic, the cinephile side of mine wanted to binge all of Kurosawa's films while my reviewer side knew if I did that my standards will rise to a level where no other films can satisfy my taste. And upon seeing Throne Of Blood (1957), I can verify that statement.
Maestro Kurosawa's jidaigeki piece was a haunting portrayal of men's downfall through avarice and ambition. Every frame, every shot screamed excellence. The fusion between minimal environment and epic production deemed this movie, nothing short of a masterpiece.
Good Omens (2019)
A really fun and amusing short series, which you wouldn't mind going for several rewatches.
Good Omens was a brilliant piece of political, social and religious commentatory disguised as a fantasy comedy series. The cinematography was spot-on and so was the cast's performance. But the storytelling was really problematic as it most of the time fell out of place and wandered into oblivion resulting in being nothing short of an ADHD induced experience. The chemistry between the protagonists was just excellent and really entertaining. The ending felt quite unimaginative as it followed the cliche of "power of friendship saving the world". If the world was needed to be save by the power of friendship, I'd rather see the friendship between an angel and a demon saving it, rather than the cast of Stranger Things. But all and all, a really fun and amusing short series, which you wouldn't mind going for several rewatches.
Diabolical (2022)
"Quality over quantity"
The mistake that people make while watching spin offs is they expect it to be on par with the original. Now if you want expect The Boys from this, you'll be greatly disappointed. But if you see it separately on its own, it's kind of entertaining. I really liked the usage of different animation styles in different episode. Some of the episodes were fillers and really disappointing and some plain awful, the good episodes manage to cover those up. Especially the episodes John and Sun-Hee and One Plus One Equals Two. I hope they continue to make new episodes but focusing on "Quality over quantity" would be a good suggestion.
Saw (2004)
Only if it wasn't filmed in such a B-Grade setting
I remember Saw being one of my first movies ever. And I've always remembered this movie as an exploitative torture film. But upon my review, boy was I wrong. I actually kinda liked it. The cinematography was a little too chaotic for my choice, but it was right on the theme.
Now, the fact that this movie raised a cult following of people who treat torture horror as porn, is hysterical considering this film actually preaches a nice philosophy. Only if it wasn't filmed in such a B-Grade setting.
Meri Pyaari Bindu (2017)
If this film represents "true love" in real world, I'd rather die alone.
Characters had zero depth, no development, especially Bindu. The whole character of her is the manifestation of "female character written by male writer". Director tried a cheap trick by touching nostalgic factors such type writers, music tapes etc but failed miserably as they brought zero contribution to story itself. Overall a very bland film trying really hard to be a reality based film while just being your usual anti "feel good" film with 2 dimensional characters. And if this film represents "true love" in the real world, I'd rather die alone.
Cure (1997)
"A person who thinks murder is evil, won't kill anyone" "Ernest Hemingway once wrote, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part."
What do we think justice is? What is logical to us? Where do our morales lie? What's the line between ethical and evil for us? What is the cure? Who are we?
This is one of the films I'll never be able to get off of my mind. I'm leaving the screen and writing this with a heart so heavy and mind so blank, I'm just left with two quotes from two movies, not so different yet not so similar -
"A person who thinks murder is evil, won't kill anyone"
"Ernest Hemingway once wrote, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part."
Okaruto (2009)
A strange sense of nostalgia.
Since I was a child, I've always been fascinated with sci-fi conspiracy shows and documentaries. This film teleported me to my 13 years old self.
I would've never discovered this film if I didn't go on a j-horror binging. I started out with Audition (1999), Ringu (1998) and then I saw Noroi: The Curse (2005). And something about the found footage/documentary style of cinematography felt... Humane. So I decided to watch more of Koji Shiraishi's films and I stumbled upon Occult (2009). It's in the same style as Noroi: The Curse(2005), found footage film in the style of a documentary. Even though watching the plot slowly unfold is a sight to admire, at some points it gets too slow. But what truly keeps this film alive is the truly amazing soundtrack. The CGI was horrible but I enjoyed it nevertheless.
All and all, a wonderful mixture of Sci-fi Conspiracy, J-Horror and Lovecraftian Horror. It gave me nothing short of a strange sense of nostalgia.
{If you enjoyed this film, you should check out Resolution (2012) and Endless (2017) }
Coherence (2013)
Simplicity at its best.
What do we all expect from a Sci-Fi movie? Epic sets, extreme CGIs, million dollar budgets, right? Well, Coherence spits right into the stereotypes' faces, being one of the most unorthodox yet one of the most thrilling Sci-Fi movie ever. With only a 50k dollars budget, this movie took home several awards and thrilled Sci-Fi fans around the world. The whole movie was mostly flawless, and the most beautiful part was the cast. The cast gave it their all on this one. Their insane dedication made this movie more terrifying than the story already is. The seriousness of their fears and the little gags along and the avoidance of scientific blabbers and special effects made it more believable, which in turn, made it more horrifying.
Coherence is a claustrophobic, bizzaire and down to earth creep fest that will leave you with an awe, for a long long time. A must watch.
Mr. Nobody (2009)
A cult classic, every movie analyst's honeypot, one of the most mind boggling Sci-Fi film and yet one of the sweetest romantic film. And one of my most favourite film ever.
Mr Nobody is a 2009 Drama/Sci-Fi film directed by Jaco Van Dormael. The director's main focus of movies are mostly dramas based on children with physical and mental disabilities. Even though this film also reflected some of this subjects but still nobody expected a Sci-Fi cult classic from him. And his fine directorship skills are clearly reflected in the film as its insane cinematography and story timeline just blew everyone apart. Talking about the cast, the whole film is centered on the main protagonist Nemo, played by Jared Leto, whom we know very much. Personally I'm not a fan of Leto, but my God, how good he was! His character transformations were truly amazing. And also Diane Kruger played her character amazingly well thus making it one of the most beautiful romantic movie ever. Now about the plot, it's a maze and there are a lot of different theories out there and I have one too. My theory is that he never lived any of those life. He made no choice between his mom and dad and ran away to be homeless. And all of his life he thought about what would've happened if he had made that choice. His thoughts have become his reality.
There were not a single soul who has seen this movie and hasn't gone what in the world did I just watch?" And if a Sci-Fi film doesn't give you that chills, how good can it be anyway.
Before Sunrise (1995)
With a sweet beginning and a sweeter ending, a movie that'll just win your heart forever.
Have you ever seen any movie so beautiful that you get addicted to it? Before Sunrise is one of those films. I don't know what I found so beautiful about two people falling in love and talking to each other the whole movie (mostly Ethan Hawke). But that's the beauty of this movie, the minimalism approach to it. It proves that with the proper directorship and a natural cast, you can make thriller and horror fanatics stare at the screens for an hour and 45 minutes of romantic drama. Hawke and Delpy's acting was so natural. The little emotions that people throw out during a real life conversation, I never saw those in any movie except this one.
It Follows (2014)
It may not be the best, but it definitely is one of a kind on both the supernatural and psychological horror genre.
It Follows (2014) is a horror film based on how five friends' lives turns into hell as one of them is sexually transmitted a curse. A curse that will follow you all the time. It may sound kind of ridiculous but the execution of the movie was just perfect. Instead of focusing on making the movie horrifying by adding jumpscares and gore scenes, they focused on making it more of a coming-of-age movie. It perfectly portrays how some teenagers would tackle a situation such as this. The director did a real fine job adding Easter eggs such as the literatures shown in the movie, the uncouth estate of the entity, the connection of water and colour red to "IT". And the distorted soundtrack composed by Disasterpeace made the movie what it was actually going for - the protagonist's worst nightmare, from which she can't awaken from, ever...
The Ninth Gate (1999)
This movie is based on a neat concept. The "Satanic Love Story" disguised as a mystery thriller. But it was a really bad execution at all means.
Mystery Thriller is a beautiful genre. The way the whole movie keeps you thinking, you pick up all the little bit of clues and at the end it all just comes together. That certain amount of information that helps you to figure out the whole movie. The Ninth Gate isn't your that kind of movie, partner. It'll fade to white without giving you the slightest bit of info to tie this movie up. You literally have to do biblical research. I don't want to see a movie than spend my whole week surfing around the internet to read books on Satan, not with those sloppy acting. The maestro himself Johnny Depp turned himself into a icon to teenagers who justify their nicotine addiction by telling you how many packs of cigarettes he (Depp) smoked in the movie. And everything around him was sloppy too. The soundtrack was good, so yeahhhhhh.
Midsommar (2019)
In a world of The Conjuring and Paranormal Activities, it's nice to see directors like Ari Aster and Jordan Peele giving us the horror masterpieces.
After Hereditary, comes Ari Aster's second horror masterpiece Midsommar. So get ready for more cults, more saggy boobs and more bashing heads. But this he pumped up the drugs. Lots and lots and LOTS of Drugs. The movie was basically a 2 hours 30 minutes of acid trip. Even though it may sound funny (the director intended it to be a black comedy), it was really disturbing and horrifying. If you watch some scene individually it may seem kinda hilarious to you but the movie as a whole is just vigorously unsettling. The harrowing cinematography, the beautiful scores and Aster's attention to details made this movie a total masterpiece. Everything about the venue and the ambient was just pitch perfect. I mean, it's not easy to make a daylight horror movie creepy. As Aster Cut was supposed to be released at 2020 but got delayed for the outbreak. 30 minutes more of Swedish chicks getting high and dancing? I wouldn't mind.
The Machinist (2004)
If you love sunshines and rainbows, this movie is not for you. Because this movie is nothing but the story of a man, who just wanted to sleep.
How far can an actor go to embrace the character he's playing? This film is the living manifestation of how Christian Bale is probably the most dedicated actor in Hollywood. As Bale became one with the dark psychologically imbalanced Reznik, director Brad Anderson gave the movie it's life by actually sucking all the life out of the frames. Even though this moving portrait of an insomniac was filmed in a monotonous bleak palate, it'll still still take you on a downward spiral rollercoaster ride of one's mental stability.
Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary is not only the scariest but the most harrowing and creepiest movie I've ever seen.
I've always bashed on America supernatural horror films for being too mainstream and try-hard, but this movie is just the opposite. The astounding cinematography and the flawless storyline made this the best thing produced by the American horror industry just after "The Exorcist". Toni Collette's super emotions and unblemished expressions just gave "Hereditary" the life the recent horror movies lacked. Kudos to the director Ari Aster for actually doing some research before making a movie.